Korea have been drawn into a Group F with defending champion Germany, Mexico, Sweden for next year's FIFA World Cup Russia.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup draw took place at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Saturday (KST).

A total of 32 teams qualified for the World Cup and are split into eight four-team groups, drawn from four pots. Except hosts Russia, who are automatically placed in pot one, teams have been placed in the four pots according to their position in the FIFA rankings for October.

Pot one has the seven highest-ranked teams plus Russia, pot two contains the next eight teams in the rankings, and so on. Korea, No. 62 in the rankings, are in pot four.

Korea's first opponent in Group F will be Sweden at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod on June 18. The second match will be against Mexico at the Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don on June 24. Korea lost to Mexico 3-1 at the 1998 event. After having two matches, Korea will play mighty Germany at the Kazan Arena, Kazan on June 27.

Hosts Russia are paired with Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia in Group A. Group B will bring classic football rivalry as Portugal and Spain are pitted against each other. Other teams in Group B are Iran and Morocco. Group C contains France, Australia, Peru and Denmark. Lionel Messi and his Argentina team will play Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria in Group D. Brazil, the country with the most World Cup titles, have been drawn into Group E with Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia. Group G has Belgium, England, Tunisia and Panama and Group H has Poland, Colombia, Senegal and Japan.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place across Russia from June 14 to July 15.